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LeBlanc, Dale After the War
When Dale LeBlanc heard the news that the battle [Annotator's Note: Battle of Okinawa] was over he was relieved. One...
Thornhill, Jack After the War and Occupation Duty
Jack Thornhill was discharged on 15 December 1945 in New Orleans. After being discharged, he went back to Alexandria [...
Harris, Oran Anecdotes About Combat and Occupation Duty
When Oran Harris' ship pulled into port in New Guinea, he walked ashore just to say he had been there. But he saw no...
Abbenhaus, Gerald Atomic Bomb and Preparing for the War Crimes Trials
On 6 August 1945, Gerald Abbenhaus was training with the 3rd Chemical Mortar Battalion north of Nuremburg, Germany. The...
Laborde, John Atomic Bomb and Surrender of Japan
John Laborde was assigned to General MacArthur's [Annotator's Note: US Army General Douglas MacArthur] advance echelon...
Bruner, Lauren Atomic Bombs and Postwar Life
Having moored in the harbor at Nagasaki, Japan, Lauren Bruner and some shipmates [Annotator's Note: from the USS...
Rogers, John Becoming Company Commander, Interactions with German Civilians and Going Home
John Rogers was fighting on Christmas Day [Annotator's Note: 25 December 1944] during the Battle of the Bulge. They...
Witmeyer, John "J.J." Being Filled with Rage
John Witmeyer harbored an intense anger toward German soldiers. He punched German prisoners in the face, ran bayonets...
Kelso, Robert Being wounded near the end of the war
Robert Kelso's unit had pulled up near a railroad track and dug in. He had heard that some of the guys went to a...
Thrift, Clem Borneo, War’s End and Postwar Life
Clem Thrift's last combat assignment was off of Borneo. There was concern because Japanese soldiers were swimming out...
Schleider Jr., Benjamin Buchenwald, War’s End and Stories About Patton
Benjamin Schleider was with the 6th Armored Division when it arrived in Buchenwald [Annotator's Note: the Buchenwald...
McCool, William Combat in Germany
William McCool and his unit [Annotator's Note: Company E, 2nd Battalion, 355th Infantry Regiment, 89th Infantry...
McClure, Herb Combat, Occupation Duty and Criminal Investigations
When he reached the front, Herb McClure was placed in a 60mm mortar squad. The ground was frozen so the soldiers couldn...
Medicine Crow, Joseph Concentration Camps
After Joseph Medicine Crow had spent time in Italy, he returned to southern Germany then went to Poland. It was there...
Rogers, John Concentration Camps, The End of the War and Occupation Duty
John Rogers found dug in tanks that were dispersed throughout [Annotator's Note: throughout Germany]. One time, they...
Garbo, William Conclusions
Once William Garbo returned to G Troop, 2nd Squadron, 112th Cavalry Regiment, he resumed command of his machine gun...
Halpern, Gerard Continuing His Education with the GI Bill
Gerard Halpern was serving with the XVth Corps when the war ended. He was stationed in the town of Chantilly right...
Epperson, William Dachau
William Epperson saw the concentration camp at Dachau while he was stationed in Munich. The first attempt had been...
Laborde, John Daily Life on Occupation Duty in Japan
John Laborde was in Yokohama, Japan for the surrender of the Japanese. His group was told the Japanese were going to...
Ciotta, Angelo Discharge and Thoughts on the Atomic Bomb
Angelo Ciotta was shot in the leg and evacuated to an Army hospital in Guam. He spent ten days there and then went to...
Mayes, Robert End of the War
Robert Mayes knew the end of the war was impending when the Germans were trying to surrender to his unit [Annotator's...
Knudsen, Elmer End of the War
After the Battle of the Bulge, Elmer Knudsen was deployed close to the Rhine River and was billeted in a private...
Hatch, Norman End of the War
Norman Hatch remained on Iwo Jima for the first 18 days of the battle. He was flown off on D plus 18. Hatch flew off...
Spaetgens, William End of the War
William Leo Spaetgens was pulled out of the Navy Armed Guard in January 1945. Many men were removed from that service...
Weller, James End of the War
James Weller and his outfit [Annotator’s Note: the 62nd Armored Field Artillery battalion] passed through Aachen and...
Griffenhagen, George End of the War and Going Home
When the GIs started pushing the Germans back [Annotator's Note: during the later stages of the Battle of the Bulge],...
Ballew, Thomas End of the War and Going Home
When the war ended, Thomas Ballew's unit [Annotator's Note: Headquarters, 231st Searchlight Battalion] was in Furth...
Doi, Jimmy End of the War and Postwar Service
Jimmy Doi encountered Italian fascists at San Terenzo. San Terenzo was their last big battle. They were down in a gully...
Jeffrey, Wallace End of War
Wallace Jeffery was near the Buchenwald concentration camp when the war ended in Germany. The camp had been liberated...
Slay, Charles Feeding German Civilians
Once, after the war had ended in Europe, a guard told Charles Slay there was a German woman he could not get rid of and...
Abbenhaus, Gerald Feelings Towards the Germans
Gerald Abbenhaus returned to the United States in July 1946. It was good that he was not able to come back right away...
Kaylor, Emmett Fighting in the Philippines, Liberating Los Banos and Occupation Duty
That was as close as Emmett Kaylor ever came to getting hit [Annotator's Note: during a Japanese attack in the...
Medicine Crow, Joseph Fighting Nazis
Joseph Medicine Crow walked all night after exiting the Liberty ship in France. They covered 25 miles the first night....
Riddle, Clinton "Clint" Final Months of the War
Before the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division moved out to make an assault on the formidable...
Houston, Jack From Okinawa to China
When the morning came, someone told Jack Houston that he 22nd [Annotator's Note: 22nd Marine Regiment, 6th Marine...
Inoshita, Masaji From Okinawa to Japan
When Masaji Inoshita got to the ceremony [Annotator's Note: a Japanese surrender ceremony in China] he found out that...

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